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im I' rlllll wur NICHOLAs HIINIZEH, OF RANDOLPH, AssIeNOH OFV ONE-HALN` TOIHENHY RHITENOUR, or UNION CITY, INDIANA. y L

. END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofV Letters Patent No. 381,070, dated April 10, 1888. y

Applicationiiled December 6, 1887. Serial No. 257,153. (Nd'model.)V ,f l l To wZZ whom it may concerns Beit known that I, NICHOLAS HENIZER, a`

citizen ofthe United States, residing at Randolph, in the county of Randolph 'and Statefof Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Wagon Gates and Shoveling-Boards; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and'exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use then-same. y .l

This invention relates to end-gates and shoveling-boards for wagons, and theimprovements will be fully understood from the following Y ings, in which? as a shoveling-board; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. y2.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A

indicates a wagon-body, which'may beof any ordinary approved pattern. v

B lndicates the endgate, which may also be Y of'any desired form, and suitably hinged -to the floor or other part of the body, so that it may fold against the end of the said Walls' thereof. v r

To the opposite ends of the end-gate are seA cured in a fixed position vertical walls -C C, which have their forward edges cut semicir-` cularly, as shown at b. This form, however,

is not essentialybut is desirablyand is preferably bound with a metal strip, c, and pierced, as shown at d, for the reception of a lockingpin, which enters therein, and alsofpasses through an aperture, e, in the rear portioriof the side walls of the body'` to lock the gatein a closed position.

In the arc of a circle, through the side walls Y of the body, Iv form a plurality of apertures, f.

- To the forward lower edge of the sidewalls, C

C, Insecure a clip, D, 'which is also perforated,

Fig. 2

' as at g, to receive the locking-pin which secures the gate. Thus it will be seen that by means of this construction a shoveling-board of any `5o 'I [UNITED STATE-s l)ATENTAl(Muncie,IV

desired angularVv inclination may be obtained by simply adjusting the' end-gate and passing the pin through the eye of the-clip `and into 'v y' the' apertures f in the side walls ofthe body.

Inthepresent illustration I have shown this u clip as being a continuation of the metalstrips secured to the walls C, althoughldonot conne Inyselfto this manner of construction. .Y

The walls Care also braced in' position by' a metallic strap, E, as shown. y.

v While the gate or board may be held at any angle, it will also be seen that it may be secured in any extended position as well', and thereby` aiordv a means for the driver orother person v l k65 1 to .stand on while loading and unloading' the wagon.r

I am aware that is not new, broadly, vto i form a shovelingeboard on a wagon-body,1and I that such devices have'had their vertical side walls'providedwith a metallic strip and'perforated to receive a securingpin.

Thecombination-,with awagon-bodyhaving x 75 `transverse perforations arranged inthe arc of the rear portion of its side walls provided with a Circle, of the hinged. endgatefhaving .the

curved walls C, the 1ocking-pin secured lthereto, as shown, the curved metal strip c, secured to the outer side of thecurved edge of the side walls and terminating in a clip, D, Whichhas a perforation, g, and extends over the straight edgeI ofthe said side walls to the outersides of y the wagon-body, substantially as shown vand described. v

" In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in` presence of two witnesses.

` in' f v NICHOLAs +SHENIZEH. marli. ,Y

Witnesses:

IsAAC REITENOUR, L. D. LAMBERT.

Having described invention, whatI claim E 

